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Woodingdean Water Well

Coordinates: 50°50′05″N 0°04′55″W / 50.83465°N 0.08182°W / 50.83465; -0.08182
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The Woodingdean Water Well is the deepest hand-dug well in the world, at 390 meters (1285 feet) deep. It was dug to provide water for a workhouse.[1] Work on the well started in 1858, and four years later, it was finished, on March 16, 1862. It is located just outside of Nuffield Hospital, in Woodingdean.[2]

Woodingdean Water Well

References

  1. ^ "Woodingdean in Business". WoodingdeaninBusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Deepest hand dug well in the world - Woodingdean Well - Utilities - Places - My Brighton and Hove". Mybrightonandhove.org.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

50°50′05″N 0°04′55″W / 50.83465°N 0.08182°W / 50.83465; -0.08182

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